Re: Installing DragonFly

From:

Michael Neumann <mneumann@xxxxxxxx>

Date:

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:41:26 +0200

Followup-to:

dragonfly.users

Sascha Wildner wrote:
> Colin Adams schrieb:
>> I'm trying to install from the DVD.
>>
>> When i get to the login prompt, I type installer.
>>
>> Now every screen I come to, I get, in addition to the formatted screens,
>> I get:
>>
>> Login incorrect
>> login:
>>
>> Password:/i386 (dfly-live) (ttyv1)
>>
>> login:
>>
>>
>> It appears I need some kind of password to login as installer. I can't
>> see this in the handbook.
>
> Yea it's a known bug which has been fixed some time ago.
>
> Do the following:
>
> 1) Boot the CD
> 2) Login as root
> 3) Edit /etc/ttys and remove the ttyv1 entry
> 4) kill -1 1
> 5) Logout and relogin as installer
>
> Generally I wouldn't recommend to take the release ISO. 2.2 snapshot is
> better as it has important bug fixes:
>
> http://chlamydia.fs.ei.tum.de/pub/DragonFly/snapshots/i386/LATEST-
Release-2.2.iso.bz2
It would be nice to build and distribute snapshots of the USB-stick version
as well. IMHO this is the easiest and most economical way to try out a
development version of DragonFly.
Regards,
Michael